The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1962) Season 27

The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1962)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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27x01 Jay Leno (guest host), Robert Stack, Franklin Ajaye, Kenny G

10 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x02 Cody Carr, Ray Charles

12 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x03 Tom Lasorda, Jimmy Buffett

13 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x04 Sandy Duncan, Steve Mittleman, Irv Kupcinet

14 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x05 Jay Leno (guest host), Super Dave Osborne, Robert Mitchum

17 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x06 Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Pollack

19 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x07 Michael Caine, Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence

20 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x08 Orel Hershiser, Floyd Jackson, Susan Sullivan, Lee Ritenour

21 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x09 Jay Leno (guest host), Stephanie Kramer, Jimmie Walker, Richard Mulligan

31 October, 1988 8:00 am

27x10 Jonathan Zachary, Christopher Reeve, Melanie Mayron

02 November, 1988 8:00 am

With Young Journalist Jonathan Zachary, Actor Christopher Reeve, and Actress Melanie Mayron

27x11 Michael J. Fox, Larry Miller, Harry Lorayne

03 November, 1988 8:00 am

Actor Michael J. Fox; Larry Miller; magician Harry Lorayne.

27x12 James Garner, Jeff Cesario, Park Overall

04 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x13 Jay Leno (guest host), Marilu Henner, Jester Hairston, Vanna White, Lu Leonard

07 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x14 Candice Bergen, Steven Wright

09 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x15 Greg Irwin, Gore Vidal

10 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x16 Paul Reiser, Oak Ridge Boys

11 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x17 Jay Leno (guest host), Joan Collins, John Byner

14 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x18 Harry Anderson, Argus Hamilton, Calvin Trillin

16 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x19 Bob Newhart, David Horowitz

17 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x20 Oprah Winfrey, Sheena Easton

18 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x21 Jay Leno (guest host), Tony Danza, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Andy Williams

21 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x22 George Burns, Tracey Ullman, Jeff Healey

23 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x23 Lucy Webb, Willie Nelson

24 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x24 Teri Garr, Marsha Warfield, Johnny Clegg & Savuka

25 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x25 Jay Leno (guest host), Barbara Walters, Joanna Kerns, Stanley Jordan

28 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x26 Jay Leno (guest host), Mary Tyler Moore, James Earl Jones

29 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x27 Jay Leno (guest host), Harvey Fierstein, Courteney Cox, K.T. Oslin

30 November, 1988 8:00 am

27x28 Jay Leno (guest host), Fred Savage, Joan Van Ark, Los Lobos

01 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x29 Jay Leno (guest host), Larry Miller, Stephen Collins, Phil Collins

02 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x30 Jay Leno (guest host), Kirk Douglas, Paula Poundstone, Eva Marie Saint, Linda Hopkins

05 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x31 Zota Croughan, Carl Reiner

07 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x32 Jonathan Winters, Kenny Loggins

08 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x33 Danny DeVito, Richard Benjamin

09 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x34 Jay Leno (guest host), Pee Wee Herman, Ricardo Montalban, Ritch Shydner, Lou Rawls

12 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x35 Steve Jenne, Steve Martin, Helen Shaver

14 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x36 Bob Hope, Jimmy Tingle, Ellen Greene

15 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x37 Bette Midler, Arnold Schwarzenegger

16 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x38 Jay Leno (guest host), Brice Beckham, Joey Bishop, Louie Anderson, Dwight Yoakam

26 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x39 'Poppa John' Venturello, Franklin Ajaye, Catherine Hicks

28 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x40 Halden Martinson, Jessica Vallot, Cristin Morrison

29 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x41 A. Whitney Brown, Grigori Popovich, Sweet Baby Blues Band

30 December, 1988 8:00 am

27x42 James Stewart, Bob Saget, Preston Smith

04 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x43 David Steinberg, Susie Essman, Jake Johannsen

05 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x44 Mabel Hines Buck, Paul Reiser, Jason Bateman

06 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x45 Jay Leno (guest host), Ken Olin, Calvin Trillin, Jeffrey Osborne

09 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x46 Linda Clark, Victoria Jackson, Chuck Berry

11 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x47 Don Rickles, Rolf Benirschke, Tiffany

12 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x48 Teddy Andrews, Robert Klein, Blair Brown

13 January, 1989 8:00 am

Actor Robert Klein; actor Blair Brown; Teddy Andrews.

27x49 Jay Leno (guest host), Robert Urich, Carol Kane, Jimmy Brogan, Mr. Rogers

16 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x50 Dudley Moore, Jerry Seinfeld, K.T. Ostin

18 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x51 Suzanne Pleshette, Louis Bellson

19 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x52 Jay Leno (guest host), Tom Selleck, Lisa Hartman, Joan Embery

30 January, 1989 8:00 am

27x53 Martin Short, Isabella Rossellini, Gene Fleming

01 February, 1989 8:00 am

Actor Martin Short; actress Isabella Rossellini; Gene Fleming.

27x54 Jay Leno, Fred Savage, Brian Gillis

02 February, 1989 8:00 am

Starring Jay Leno, Fred Savage, and Brian Gillis

27x55 Fred Roggin

03 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x56 Jay Leno (guest host), John Ritter, Larry Miller, Frank Bruno

06 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x57 John Larroquette, Lance Burton, Jennifer Tilly

08 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x58 Bob Uecker, Cathy Guisewite

09 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x59 Super Dave Osborne, Mark Schiff, Park Overall

10 February, 1989 8:00 am

Celebrity Super Dave; actress Park Overall; Mark Schiff.

27x60 Jay Leno (guest host), Sandy Duncan, Paula Poundstone, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert

13 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x61 Patrick Swayze, Rodney Crowell

15 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x62 George Carlin, Don McLean

16 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x63 James Woods, Gloria DeHaven

17 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x64 Jay Leno (guest host), Harry Anderson, Ted Danson, Paul Williams

20 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x65 Mark & Carol Hebbard, Alan King

22 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x66 Carl Reiner, Miriam Margolyes, Sandi Patti

23 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x67 George Bush, Ray Sharkey, Brooke Adams

24 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x68 Jay Leno (guest host), Debbie Reynolds, Kevin Nealon, Kirk Cameron

27 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x69 Jay Leno (guest host), Cybill Shepherd, Tom Bosley, Michelle Shocked

28 February, 1989 8:00 am

27x70 Jay Leno (guest host), Sigourney Weaver, Marilyn Horne

01 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x71 Jay Leno (guest host), Michael Richards, Lynn Redgrave, Roy Blount, Jr., America

02 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x72 Jay Leno (guest host), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joanna Kerns, Nigel Havers

03 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x73 Jay Leno (guest host), Linda Gray, Jamie Lee Curtis, Smokey Robinson

06 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x74 Bob Newhart, Kevin Meaney, King's Sisters

08 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x75 Bert Grantges, Bill Maher, Diane Schuur

09 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x76 Michael Landon, John Mendoza, Thelma Houston

10 March, 1989 8:00 am

With Actor Michael Landon, Film director John Mendoza, and Singer Thelma Houston

27x77 Jay Leno (guest host), Geena Davis, Blake Clark, Tim Busfield, Randy Newman

13 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x78 Joe Piscopo, Perri

15 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x79 Louie Anderson, Gipsy Kings

16 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x80 Oprah Winfrey, The Trinity Irish Dancers

17 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x81 Jay Leno (guest host), Angie Dickinson, Charlton Heston, Penelope Ann Miller

20 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x82 Julie Krone, Shelley Long

22 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x83 Chevy Chase, Kevin Pollack, Placido Domingo

23 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x84 Bob Hope, David Horowitz

24 March, 1989 8:00 am

27x85 Jay Leno (guest host), Sid Caesar, Franklin Ajaye, Ernie Hudson, Billy Vera & The Beaters

27 March, 1989 9:00 am

27x86 Jay Leno (guest host), Meredith Baxter Birney, Jeff Altman, Phil Collins

28 March, 1989 9:00 am

27x87 Jay Leno (guest host), Michael Fishman, Jerry Seinfeld, Ricky Van Shelton

29 March, 1989 9:00 am

27x88 Jay Leno (guest host), Charlie Sheen, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Crystal Gayle

30 March, 1989 9:00 am

27x89 Jay Leno (guest host), Tannis Vallely, Cathy Guisewite, Buster Poindexter

31 March, 1989 9:00 am

27x90 Jay Leno (guest host), Anthony Perkins, Dave Coulier, Leon Redbone

03 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x91 Jodie Foster, Reba McEntire

05 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x92 Michael Keaton, Ritch Shydner, Joshua Bell

06 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x93 Jim Fowler, K.T. Oslin

07 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x94 Jay Leno (guest host), Helen Gurley Brown, Carole King

10 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x95 Tony Danza, Calvin Trillin, Pete Fountain

12 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x96 Jonathan Winters, Peter Strauss

13 April, 1989 8:00 am

Actor Jonathan Winters; actor Peter Strauss.

27x97 Dudley Moore, Jack Mayberry, Etta James & The Roots Band

14 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x98 Jay Leno (guest host), Jim Henson, Tom Brokaw, Loretta Lynn

17 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x99 Barry Sobel, Patrick Duffy, Dr. John, Rickie Lee Jones

19 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x100 Tim Conway, Mummenschanz

20 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x101 Captain Maurice Seddon, Jeff Daniels, Lyle Lovett

21 April, 1989 8:00 am

27x102 Jay Leno (guest host), Smothers Brothers, Richard Lewis, Alabama

01 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x103 Harry Anderson, Aprile Milo

03 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x104 Buddy Hackett, Cowboy Junkies

04 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x105 Bob Saget, Miriam Margolyes, Alex Trebek

05 May, 1989 8:00 am

Actor Bob Saget; actress Miriam Margolyes; host Alex Trebek.

27x106 Jay Leno (guest host), Michele Lee, Craig T. Nelson, George Wallace

08 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x107 Sean Lomax, Kenny Rogers

10 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x108 Richard Pryor, Rain Pryor, Jake Johannsen

11 May, 1989 8:00 am

Actor/comedian Richard Pryor; actress Rain Pryor. Standup comic Jake Johannsen.

27x109 Teresa Ganzel, David Steinberg

12 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x110 Garry Shandling, Patrick Swayze

17 May, 1989 8:00 am

Actor Patrick Swayze; comic Garry Shandling.

27x111 Dottie Byrd, David Horowitz

18 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x112 Tony Bennett, Margaret Whitton

19 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x113 Jay Leno (guest host), Bob Hope, Erma Bombeck, The Robert Cray Band

22 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x114 Robert Townsend, Sam Kinison, Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band

24 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x115 Jim Porter, A. Whitney Brown, Lyle Lovett

25 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x116 Sammy Davis, Jr., Leonard Waxdeck & The Birdcallers

26 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x117 Jay Leno (guest host), Carol Leifer, Roy Blount, Jr., Bonnie Raitt

29 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x118 Jay Leno (guest host), Joan Embery, Jerry Jeff Walker

30 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x119 Jay Leno (guest host), Peter Pitofsky, Alley Mills, Fred Roggin

31 May, 1989 8:00 am

27x120 Jay Leno (guest host), Ann Hodgman, Thomas Hearns, Edie McClurg

01 June, 1989 8:00 am

27x121 Jay Leno (guest host), Super Dave Osborne, Tim Reid

02 June, 1989 8:00 am

27x122 Jay Leno (guest host), Paula Poundstone, Leonard Nimoy, 10,000 Maniacs

05 June, 1989 8:00 am

27x123 Catherine Grant, Pat Hazell, Catherine Hicks

07 June, 1989 8:00 am

Poultry expert Catherine Grant chats with Johnny and shows her prize winning chickens. Comedian Pat Hazell does stand up and actress Catherine Hicks chats with Johnny about her new film Cognac.